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M. SMITHEY.

AUTOMETER.

APPLICATION HLEU AUG-30. 1915.

1,195,862. PatentedAng. 22,1916.

UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE,

15%.. U 'ETG'MYETER.

1 ,2 35,862. fipecificafion of Letters Patent Pawn ted Aug. 22, 1916.

Application filed August 30, 1915. Serial No 48,068.

2"0 aZlw/Wm it may @0121 (was The 5 is pl-nvfi-(ficd with an annular Be it known that T. L AnvlN SM'nmnY, z sexie's of hu bearings 11, and the said citizen of the Unitm! Statvs and :1 resident 1mm nr bearing we spaced apart at equal of Lzmrcnmvillu. in the county of Brunsdis mews from and: miller and at. equal flis- Wick and State 01' Virginia, have imvnmd mnres from flu: centrzi hub (3. Each of H1060 a new and useful 1m mmzmc-nt in Autmnehem-iv; 11 is closed at its imlu' 2nd as tex s, 0? which the *l'ui mvmg a spwificnshnwn m Fig. Ii, 41ml :1 stub shzfl't 12 is jrmr tiozL 'm ml at we end in each bearing;

Myimeniion is. an ilnprm'unmnt in :mtom- The outer l of :i'h stub huff 3Q j mrchars. and the. iz'x ve' m n has for its object 11211061 in :1 313, which is, mzzmgmi with L;- ptwvidc a. (TiYifzv n? he ml ill'l(jt"i spvciin an 0pm "11 n lnivmi nxfs'nseimi 1! from fim, im: use w th mo n- Whisks. whmvin the V 11;: 1, and (a Rum-1m! knob 15 2 a ig-viva of synchymm (Erin n reg stm cured tn tnc mute! and u! m6 shaft 1%! per 5 as shown in Fig. 5, and the outer end of each plate extends approximately flush with the outer face of the adjacent pinion .15.

The plates 24. are as beforestated, arranged between the plates 21, and the said plates 24 are of greater length than the plates 21, Each plate 2 has its inner nil flush with the inner end of the plates 1'51 while the outer end of each plate extends to the outer face of the outermost wheel 16. Thus a space is provided at each indicating device at the outer end of the adjaccnt plate 21, and in tis space the registering numbers appear.

The plates are secured in place by means of screws 15 or the like which are passed through openings in the plates and. engaging the openings 20 of the disk. Means pro" Vided for bringing each mgistering device to the opening 2 in order that the said de vice may be read. This mechanism com-- prises a gear ring 26 which is secured to that face of the disk adjacent to the bevel gear 8, and outside of the said gear and co axial therewith. A pinion 2T meshes with the gear 26, and the pinion 27 is secured to the end of the outer sectionQS of a telescoping shaft, consisting of the said outer section and an inner section 29 The inner section 2." of the shaft extends through an open ing 30 in the casing 1 and the outer end of the said shaft has a knurled wheel or knob 31, for convenience in rotating; the said section. Adjacent to the knob 31 the shaft section 29 is polygonal in cross section as indicated at 32, being square in the present in stance, and the opening 30 in the casing is polygonal to fit this polygonal portion.

"it will be evident that when the polygonal portion of the shaft section engages the -polygonal opening it will be impossible to rotate the sha l t, but when he shall uoved outwardly as shown in l i 5 to d scngra 'i'a the por ion, ll! from the opening: ll) the shalt may be rotated.

'llie-slia l t section ll? providial with longi tudinally extending oppositel arranged rihs or feathers 33, and ill- 0, all; or leathers are adapted to engage lonoitndina l v' extending slots ill in the shaft section 2 to constrain the shalt sections to turn together The shaft section 28 is provided n ar tin end r mote from the pinion 27 with a stop glii,

and the said stop is in the. form of a collar rigid with the shaft, section. A coil spring 3t? encircles the section 21) or the shaft w tween the collar 35 and the inner laoe ol the casing 1 and normally holds the shalt section 28 with the pinion 27 in engagement with the gear ring 2hr \Vhen it desired to liring any particular re tcriug, device into register with the opening; 2 of the easing, the knob 31 is grasped and the shaftsec tion 2.) is pulled outward against the resistance of the spring 36. As soon as the polygonal portion 32 of the shaft iedisengaged from the polygonal opening 30 the shaft section 29 may he turned, and because of the ribs and the slots 3+ the shaft sections will turn together. The pinion 2? will he rotated, and the gear ring in; will he rotated, rotating the disk .3. The operator Watching: through the opening 2 will know when lh particular registering mechanism desired is at the opening. This opening is long enough to permit the adja ent plate "Al. to be seen also, and these plates are labeled.

The device as before stated, is intended to show the mileage of each of the four tires the extra tire, the packings for dill'erentiah and transmission, and the fuel and oil. The plates 21 bear legends indicating these particular parts as tor instance, the plates are labeled T ire No. 1. Tire No. 2, Tire Not I, Tire No. 4- Extra tire (.iuifilllit; )il, Trans mission and Difi'ercntial.

In operation when a new tire is placed the particular rcgigisteriug, n'ieohanism pertaming thereto is set at zero. In the same manner the registering mechanisms of the transmission and the differential are set at zero for each packing of grease of the said transmission and differential.

The clutch mechanism will he connected whenever the vehicle is in use. and should it be over sary to remove a tire for instance. t re Yo. l, to repair the same that registering; device pertaining to tire No. l is released iiy means of the knoh 15 helongl'i'ne thereto. If the extra tire is used to replace tire No. 1 teuiporanil) that registering device pertaining to the extra tire is clutched to the operating mechanism: lVhene-xer tire ho. l replaced. ii the extra tire is not in use, the reristeiino me hanism pertainin; thereto relcinrd while that ol t re No. l clutched to the driving shaft hen the l'ucl in the tanl: is crimnsled the mileage made on that particular amount to the niechanisn: pertaining to the oi nri \Vhenever for instance, the ditl'erential or the transmission is packed with grease anew the registering device pertaining to the dil ferential or to the transmission whichever may he repacked set at zero. imp-newer any of the tires is not in use tempm'arilr the registhring' device g'aa'taining thereto is released from the driving mechanism and the same is true whenever a new supply of oil or a new supply of fuel is inserted.

Thus the drivcror the owner of the ve; hicle has a certain registration of the mileage performed by each tire, of the mileage made on each gallon of fuel and on each lie gallon 01 oil, and in addition he has the mileage made by the tltlllillllcifnl ll'l and by the dilfercntial at each packing,

All of the registering mechanisms arc driven synrhronoiisly and any particular mechanism may be disconncctril from the driving shaft by means of the l-znoh 15, permining, thcrcto. The registering mechanism of the usual cmrstruction and for this rcason is not dcscrihcd more imrticnlarly.

The knohs l5 conslitulc rcsctting devices to permit the registering; devices to he rewt. Means is also proyiilcd for disconnect ing shalt ll from the chair 7. to permit tho registering devices to he hroiight into read ing', position l'ith thrin'n'n'ovoil meter the exact mileag-f of every tire can be seen at a glance. The inu rmmnent is not in'tcndcd to dcsignatc the wheels hut the tires rrespcctiro i the whee. on which they are placed. The rqristcring ilyiccs are the oriflinary form of odometer.

The releasfahlc connection between the shalt 9 and tho shaft 7 is shown in Figs. 6 to S. The pinion S heiorc mentioned, is secured to the inner end of a stub shaft i The l uor end of the stub shaft 10 carries a niovahlo rection l], nhich is' feathered on in tin atu al'iatt. i'vg'ipositcly arranged feath- (rs iii-inn provided onJh-e shaft whifli move in slota or grooves in the clutch sect-ion.

The, upper end of the shaft 9 carries a iixc act-{ion H, and a ring 15 is mounted n the nipple it), for longitudinal movement thereof This ring ha: inwa ally extending radial pins l0, which engagc an annular groove in the m vable clutch section. the pins pa sing' through longitudinally oxtrniling cloth in the nipple 10 into engage nzcnt 'ith the groove.

ill coil. spring! 4 is arranged between the hevcl gear i and thr movable clutch Sec lion. and this #pring: acts to hold the parts i normal position. when it in desired to relem e th! hatt- 9 from the stub shaft 40 and from the Shaft 7 the clutch Srction l i moved upwardly, h) nit-aura of the rin -13 When the ring is into downwardly the Hutch sections are connected.

1. lo a motor, a wining, a di l: rotatably diaposed within the PRhhi-Q, a plurality of shafts journalcd at one end in the fare of the disk. :1 series: of nuiuhcr w'necls carried by each of said shafts, cat-h serie; of number Wheols constituting a 'iOQlZFtQl'lllfJ, mechaniarn, an individual lahcl for each registering mechanism. a central Ftlll) {ah-aft jour nalcd in said disk connections between said eluh shaft and earh oil the illi l112illltfil thatiw for iinpartilnr tlnin wemcnts o ai\l rtuh shaft in a r al tirnt nam d ahafts, and means for rotat a aid disk to iii-trig any one of said rcgibtering mechanisms and it; ismciatcd indicator labels before, said openin".

2. In a meter, a disk, a shaft journalcd at the center of the disk, means for driving said ehat't, seri s of auxiliary shafts journalcd in spaced relation on the disk at one face thereof, and extending laterally from the dink, each of said auxiliary shafts having a driving connection with the first named shaft, registering mechanism supported on each of said auxiliary shafts, a label secured to tho dial; and each registering device, and forming an indicator for said device, a gear ring secured to the disk on one facethereof, a pinion meshing With the. gear ring, a casing; in which the disk is mounted and having an. opening in-its top for exposing said label and the registering device adjacent thereto,

3, In a meter, :1 disk, a shaft journaled at the axis of the disk, a series of auxiliary shafts journalml in spaced relation on the d sk at one, face thereof and extending latcrally from tho disk, each auxiliary shaft having a driving connection with the first named shalt, each auxiliary shaft eupporting registering mechanism, a label secured to the disk 1 t rcg istcring deviceand forming an indicator for said device, a gear ring sccnrcd to the disk on one taco thereof, a pinion 1nc hing with the gear ring, a casing f r tho disk having an opening in its top for exposing any one of said labels and its associated registering devicc, a shaft secured to the pinion and extemling outside of the casing, and having a bond for permitting the shaft to be turned hereby the disk is rotated.

4. In a meter, a disk, a shaft journaled at tho axis of the disk, a series of auxiliary shafts iournalei'l in spaced relation on the disk It can taco thereof and extending laterally om the disk, each auxiliary shalt having a driving connection with tho first named Shaft, each auxiliary shalt supporting regir tcring n'iei-haninn. a lilllQl secured to the disk at 3:.(ll registering device and forming an indi ator for aaid device, a gear ring nominal to the dirk on one face thcreol, a pinion meshing with the gear ring, a casing for the disk having an, opening in its top for cxposin af any one of said labels and its asaociatcd registering device, a s [aft secured to the pinion and extending outside of the racing; and ha ring, ahead for permitting tho shall to he turned when the (link is rotated, and means for locking the shalt from movcinent.

5. ln :1 meter. 2: (ink, a shaft jourrmlcd at the axis of the disk, a series of auxiliary Shafts journaled in spaced relation at cqual i'iisztanres from one another and at the same distance From the axis of the first named Shaft, Said auxiliary shafts bcing parallel with tln; lirat named shaft and being disposed on the disk at one face thereof, each 1 labels and iii-2* nssmiatozi mg auflhxu'y shaft having a flriving connection w? h fin: firs named waft each auxiliary Shaft suppzrmting fight-sting mechani m s1 labui wan-0d to the disk at each regigtering rlm'iz'e and forming an 'inuficzl 101' hr said d1 vivo. 1-! 30M rim secured in has i 011 01w fmao mvrwf, a pinnm meshing Wiin the geas' ring. :2 swing or thu disk having an ape-11'- ing in its top for exposing; any 0m; of said Lu-Eng device,

wmaas n 92x51 mowed in the pin m? T a! the casing, MM 3 E pemzmingr the PM ft in in: (HM- 1;, ruhximl, and shaft Hun moQ-nz m MA 1 11' H (53 Hi Witnesses: 7

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